Can't leave anything alone LGV

[NickG]

So recently acquired a nice lgv in a Warren Edwards stock the idea being shoot a bit of ft with a standard gun .
However I have a spare piston 🙄. After comparing it to vernals at the bash I was going to go down the Jim Tyler route ie tx mk 3 spring 3 mm trans port.
The gun was only doing 10.4 fpe with express (177), so took it apart, all standard, nicely sized seal, but missing a top hat .
I made an o ring nose for the spare piston , put it back together with a smear of moly, and it made 11.2 fpe and very consistent , same soft comfortable firing cycle , so made a top hat with a slim shoulder , now 11.5.
So all in all a good 1 fpe improvement for more or less the same spring.
So much for keeping it standard, I liked vernals that much will shoot this for a bit and then put the mk 3 spring in .

https://photos.app.goo.gl/drURhnFfBKMWXAui9

[look no hands]

I shot one at the Bash (not sure if it was Vernals?) and have to say how nice it was, reminds me of my Prosport but easier to cock and shoot (just got to get used to using the barrel lock before cocking) but I have to say I still prefer Les's Sidewinder.

Pete

[TonyL]

Sounds utterly superb, Nick.. As always, well done.

As I commented shortly after The Bash, once you've just shot a nicely running one of these I think it's such a huge shame that they're no longer being made. Utterly superb shot cycle and accuracy from so tiny amount of work and that brilliant manual barrel latch adds such an air of refinement and security.

[Craig-P]

Cracking job there, mate.
I feel a BlackBrook trip looming...

[Shed tuner]

all the comp tube guns and sleeved guns seem to fare well with o-rings, as they have a decent smooth surface.
All I've done with mine is open the port, and it's a nice shooter...

[Vernal]

I do like the sound of that Nick. As I said at the bash, it is hard for me to think of how mine could be better, but I know just how good your tunes can be. I can't wait to hear how you get on with the O ring nose - I think I am going to want one, especially when I remember all the trouble I had with lack of power caused by a tight seal.